Archive - Prefaces

My favorite recent SNL sketch is called “Baby Shower.” Brie Larsen, pregnant, is surrounded by a group of moms who all have the same hairstyle — you…

Nov 5 •

October 2025

In the beginning computer scientists made the internet.

Oct 24 •

August 2025

Some books I read this summer

The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt

Aug 28 •

The Absolute Work of Slop: Reflections on My Summer with K-Pop Demon Hunters

So hot! And respectful!

Aug 27 •

April 2025

Freedom from Leisure

AI in Higher Education

Apr 11 •

March 2025

Ravelstein at 25

Thoughts About the Real Thing and a plug for my new essay at The Hedgehog Review

Mar 7 •

February 2025

"Now, select your printer"

It has been cold here in Fredericton.

Feb 5 •

October 2024

The Ne'erdowell

Three poems I have made about myself

Oct 3, 2024 •

August 2024

It's not just a calculator

The fact that we had a global emergency that became a professor emergency only four years ago should not obscure the reality that genuine pedagogical…

Aug 28, 2024 •

July 2024

I got my start as a non-academic writer in 2018 with a piece for The Hedgehog Review called “Be Nice.” The essay was pretty well-received and gave me…

Jul 2, 2024 •

March 2024

Mar 5, 2024 •

February 2024

on four different ways to lie to yourself

This semester I have been co-teaching a class on ancient and modern accounts of science.

Feb 13, 2024 •

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